Old-Fashioned Rhubarb Cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
• 1 egg
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups chopped rhubarb
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• MILK TOPPING:
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and 1 cup sugar. Add egg; beat well. Combine buttermilk and vanilla; set aside. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk/vanilla to the creamed mixture. Stir in rhubarb. Spread in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Combine the remaining sugar with cinnamon; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes or until cake tests done. For topping, combine all ingredients; pour over individual squares.